Hopes for redistricting reform on horizon

12:55 PM,
Apr. 19, 2013

Written by

Terry Van Duyn, Asheville

Thank you to Reps. Thom Tillis and Susan Fisher for their previous aye votes in support of a redistricting reform. Politicians of both stripes have used redistricting as a way to stack the deck for their own party. But as the technology to predict voter behavior and draw excruciatingly distorted lines has grown, it has made elections meaningless in too many races (For example: Susan Fisher ran unopposed in 2012), robbing too many North Carolinians of their voice in our democracy. Patriots like Thom Tillis (Republican) and Susan Fisher (Democrat) understand the importance ...